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swampsjohn
swampsjohn

Reputation: 7046

Is there a way to loop over files in ant without using ant-contrib?

I know ant-contrib has a for loop, but I'd rather avoid adding it to my project unless necessary. It feels like I'm missing something obvious here. I just want to execute a task for a lot of files.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2227

Answers (3)

ChrisH
ChrisH

Reputation: 4826

If you are trying to run an external program on a bunch of files take a look at Ant's apply task.

Upvotes: 4

Richard Steele
Richard Steele

Reputation: 2247

Another option, especially if you're using Java 6, is to use <scriptdef>. A little JavaScript goes a long way.

(Theoretically <scriptdef> works prior to Java 6, but you have to include an interpreter for your selected scripting language. You might as well just use antcontrib then. Java 6 includes the Rhino JavaScript interpreter by default, so it's much easier to use.)

In fact, this is so easy to do I've found myself writing scripts for things that could be in Ant but are just very complex.

Upvotes: 1

bakoyaro
bakoyaro

Reputation: 2558

Probably the best and most complete option is to just write a <taskdef> for a Java class that you write that can do what ever you can think up. See the ant manual for more info on taskdef

Upvotes: 0

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